Saturday, May 7: Aces Up

Hell's Kitchen

By Volcano Staff on May 4, 2011

Aces Up hail from Bonney Lake, and we suppose if any part of Pierce County was going to produce lyrics such as, "I like my trucks like I like my women / Big and beefy with a torqued-out engine / Might take a little while to get her going / But once you got her started man she don't stop a-rollin'," it might as well be Bonney Lake. Aces Up's MySpace describes the band as a "unique blend of blue-collar country and the distinct sounds of the famous Seattle, Washington rock scene." However, we submit that tight, straightforward country rock might be a more apt description. Basically, Aces Up is a summer barbecue with a cooler full of beer - in cans. Can you dig it? 

[Hell's Kitchen, with SweetKiss Momma, The Shivering Denizens, John Hamhock and the Rooster Run Band, 9 p.m., $5, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]